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[anne bianca <atbianca@yahoo.com>]

Douglas,

 

         Thanks for the information.  I hope the varieties I wind up planting will be just as hardy.  It may not get that cold in my zone, but I do worry about my "guys" any time we have freeze warnings.  I am going to check the sites you have checked to see what other types of Jujube are out there so I can find out more about them.  I am wondering now if there are any self-fertile varieties out there.  Anne

--- On Fri, 3/5/10, Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org> wrote:

From: Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Jujubes...
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Friday, March 5, 2010, 6:39 PM

An interesting point about jujubes is that they are reported to contain
about 500 milligrams of Vitamin C per 100 grams of fruit. This is about
10 times that of an orange. I don't know what effect the drying process
may have on the Vitamin C content but I suspect that it may cause a
considerable reduction.

See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C
and
<http://www.naturalhub.com/natural_food_guide_fruit_vitamin_c.htm>

For some other information including cultivars, see

http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/jujube.html

It was reported in the Pomona some years ago that a seedling jujube had
been grown successfully at Chatham, Ontario, a little east of
Detroit/Windsor, where I think the historic low temperature is probably
about minus 20 degrees Fahreheit, it being a little bit colder in winter
(and hotter in summer) than where I am in the Niagara Peninsula.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada


anne bianca wrote:
> Does anyone have experience with Jujube trees and what types are best to
> plant?  I live in central and western Arizona and supposedly they grow
> here.  Any responses would be much appreciated.  Anne
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